We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
ROALD DAHLWhen you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
More Roald Dahl Quotes
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Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
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Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.
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There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you’ll be free if you truly wish to be.
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It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
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The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.
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All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen.
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When you’re writing, it’s rather like going on a very long walk.
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Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.
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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people.
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.
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Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.
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If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.
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You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.
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Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.
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